Courtney, pictured now, says she used to feel a lot of a self-pity but is now more confident

“But now I’ve realised I need to stop letting other people run my life, while I still have my down days, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.”

Courtney is now a YMCA Humber Be Real ambassador and is working to promote the Be Real Campaign for body confidence.

She wants to offer advice to other people being bullied: “There were times when I’d genuinely wonder if I could cope, and think about taking my own life. But, with the right support, you can get through it.

“I want to say to others out there that I understand they’ve been through something horrible, and that can’t change. But now their life is their own, to do what they want with, instead of being run by other people.